I was able to select them all, but I didn't see how to do a joint edit.
Your suggestion is very helpful for that. Thanks! The general issue
remains, but this will do nicely for me at least.
Mark A
On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 2:19 PM, Jan Jakob Bornheim <jjbornh...@gmail.com>wrote:
> It would be a feasible workaround to first select all entries with the
> empty Date-Added field (an obvious easy way to do that would be a smart
> group for all entries added today and then deselect the ones that were
> actually added today, or just do it right after midnight), then use
> Database Find and Replace (Cmd Shift F), choose "Overwrite or Add Field" as
> operation, make sure "Replace All Scope" is set to selected items, enter
> "Date-Added" into the "Field" and then use an arbitrary old date as "Value
> to set".
>
>
> Am 15/11/13 21:04, schrieb M A:
>
> I have about 180 entries in my bib file which do not have a date added
> entry. It appears that BibDesk interprets these as being the most recent
> possible date. This means that in smart folders such as "Added Today" or
> "Added this week" I get the 180 entries in addition to those added today
> (or this week). I guess this is probably not expected behavior? Should I
> file a bug report or is there something messed up with my set-up? A work
> around would be to add an old date to the 180 entries, but I don't see a
> way to do this easily in BibDesk (I could write a script, but would rather
> not have to...).
>
> Thanks,
> Mark A
>
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